Jennifer and Robert Hicks spend time with Emmett on Saturday while fellow quintuplets Carol, Parker, Ryker and Nicole coo and sleep. Emmett had heart surgery and came home from the hospital Friday.

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Amanda Whitesell
Gannett Michigan

Baby swings and bouncers leave just enough room to open the front door to Jessica and Robert Hicks' two-bedroom, 1,100-square-foot home.

Their living room is lined with infant carriers. Boxes of formula are stacked high in their tiny kitchen.

On Sept. 5, the family made headlines when Jessica Hicks gave birth to the first quintuplets delivered at Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor. Now she and husband Robert are adjusting to having all five babies at home after Emmett's homecoming Friday. He was recovering from a Sept. 30 heart ...